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CHINA: OUTSMARTING THE WEST IN AFRICA
CAPE TOWN, Jul. 18, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - China's interest in Africa is frequently portrayed simply as that of a rising economic power seeking natural resources. Deborah Brautigam argues that this portrayal misses the full complexity of business relations between China and the continent.
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CHINA-NIGERIA: NEW REFINERY PLANNED FOR LAGOS FREE TRADE ZONE
LAGOS, Jul. 18, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Nigeria is a place where many more deals are announced than are ever completed. As an example, three planned new Nigerian refineries were the subject of a memorandum of understanding between the Nigerian and Chinese governments earlier in the year.
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FINANCE: NEW WAVE OF CHINESE PROTECTIONISM WORRIES THE WEST
LONDON, Jul. 21, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - German Chancellor Angel Merkel's weekend visit to China has put a positive spin on the increasingly complex economic relations between China and the European Union, but the flurry of deals signed has not disguised the fact that Beijing faces challenges over its EU policies both at home and abroad.
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RIGHTS-CHINA: MIGRANTS BADLY NEEDED, BUT GET LITTLE SUPPORT
BEIJING, Jul. 18, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Thirty-six-year-old Luo Fusheng left his hometown in China’s Jiangxi province a decade ago to look for work to help support his family. Unskilled and with limited education, Luo eventually ended up in the factory city of Shenzhen, more than 700 kilometres to the south, where he now works as a security guard.
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MALDIVES: POLITICAL TENSIONS SIMMER IN TOURIST PARADISE
COLOMBO, Jul. 15, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Tourists taking in the sun and sand in the idyllic Maldives may be forgiven if they are unaware of the political developments in this country, even when President Mohamed Nasheed’s government teetered on the brink of collapse recently.
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VENEZUELA: OIL LEAKS SPELL DEATH FOR WILDLIFE IN LAKE MARACAIBO
CARACAS, Jul. 27, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Dark oil slicks are spreading from the middle of Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo towards the shores -- the wetlands, mangroves, beaches and docks. Oil is permeating fishing nets, coating the garbage dumped into the water, killing off wildlife and driving away residents and tourists.
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ARGENTINA: A LIVELIHOOD FROM WHALES - WITHOUT HUNTING
BUENOS AIRES, Jul. 19, 2010 () - If you want to observe the charismatic southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), the most popular place to do so is off Argentina's Valdés Peninsula, an enclave on the Atlantic coast that relies on tourist dollars -- and therefore opposes whale hunting.
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CENTRAL AMERICA: DOORS WIDE OPEN FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
GUATEMALA CITY, Jul. 15, 2010 (IPS/GIN) – Wind energy farms, hydroelectric projects, solar and geothermal energy are some of the renewable energy projects on the drawing board in Central America.
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U.S.: SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE GETS A SECOND LOOK
WASHINGTON, Jul. 20, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - As farmed fish consumption catches up on wild, a search for sustainable aquaculture picks up steam.
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U.S.: NEW OIL AND MINING TRANSPARENCY STANDARDS HAILED
WASHINGTON, Jul. 15, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - National and international civil society groups Thursday hailed the U.S. Senate's passage of a major financial reform act that includes a key anti-corruption provision requiring energy and mining companies to publicly disclose payments they make to governments around the world.
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INDONESIA: WORLD BANK, NGOS SPAR OVER MINE PROJECT
WASHINGTON, Jul. 14, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The World Bank's Board of Directors said studies for a potential mining project in Indonesia could move forward Tuesday but civil society groups, citing studies that have already been done, condemned the decision.
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AFRICA: "FREE TRADE IN NATURAL RESOURCES BAD FOR DEVELOPMENT"
GENEVA, Jul. 27, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - While some believe that restrictions on natural resource exports should be done away with, this could cause an increase in such exports that would be detrimental to the environment and bad for development.
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ROMANIA: DIGGING GOLD WITH A CYANIDE LINING
BUCHAREST, Jul. 16, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Canadian company Gabriel Resources has managed to resurrect a cyanide-based gold exploitation project which had been declared illegal in courts, and is opposed by most Romanians.
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KAZAKHSTAN: BIG TOBACCO PROFITS FROM CHILD LABOR, REPORT SAYS
NEW YORK, Jul. 14, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - Hoping for better opportunities than they can find at home, many families from Kyrgyzstan travel to find work. Neighboring Kazakhstan has the strongest economy in Central Asia, and tobacco farms attract workers fleeing Kyrgyzstan's high unemployment.
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